NYT has publicly reported that Blumhouse and Atomic Monster are now in the advanced talks to merge the two companies; for the intent of boosting their efforts to curate more works, and to boost their partnerships with Universal Pictures.
Thats an *insane* combo. Uni filched WB's horror pipeline right out from under them.
If I were New Line I'd be dreading the call from the boss asking how I lost this.
EDIT: not to be hyperbolic or draw hacky analogies but is anyone else getting Dreamworks Dream Team vibes from this? You got maybe the most famous horror producer and minter of franchises out there joining forces with the most financially successful horror filmmaker working today (ideally for the analogy you'd also have Jordan Peele in there but he has a deal with the same studio anyway). Really, really curious and excited to see how this plays out.
I'm not too worried about this one, like you said Disney, as this one isn't at the most massive scale in terms of IP.I hate mergers and consolidation and wish we had stricter laws to prevent things like Disney happening, but this one is exciting...
NYT has publicly reported that Blumhouse and Atomic Monster are now in the advanced talks to merge the two companies; for the intent of boosting their efforts to curate more works, and to boost their partnerships with Universal Pictures.
So I saw that the IPs stay with WB.....so are they just buying producers, writers and directors?
Jason Blumhouse has stated he isn't an idea guy but he can spot a good idea. James Wan is a idea guy but doesn't always do well on execution. Combining them together with Universal also getting a share means Universal gets a great producer who makes great movies at lower budgets, an idea guy who will use the producer to execute his ideas, and a pipeline for new films in their lineup. Its a win win.
Also outside the Conjuring, he really didn't make anything that WB didn't already own looking at the released stuff everything else was already established IPs under WB.
Wan did a lot at Warners as a director but as a producer it's kind of been a disappointment outside of Conjuring tbh. Lots of stuff purchased and developed, often from talented directors who got noticed from shorts or international films, but very little made outside of Conjuring and Lights Out. Their slate ramped up a little at the end with stuff like Salem's Lot and Train to New York finally entering production, but overall it seems like Warners fumbled the bag.So I saw that the IPs stay with WB.....so are they just buying producers, writers and directors?